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November 11, 2025 Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives Office of the Governor, Thomas E. Bramlette: Governor's official correspondence file, petitions for pardons, remissions, and respites 1863-1867 KYR-0001-004-0137 BR8-211 to BR8-212

Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky Thomas Elliott Bramlette (KY governor 1863-67, atty, D.A., col 3rd KY Inf) N001000 1817-01-03 1875-01-12 Categories: People

Twenty-third governor of Kentucky, attorney and soldier. Cumberland County, Kentucky, native. Married to Sallie Travis Bramlette in September 1837. Father of James T. Bramlette, William L. Bramlette, Eugene Bramlette, and Corrina Bell Bramlette. Practiced law in Clinton County, Kentucky, and Columbia, Kentucky. Represented Cumberland and Clinton counties in the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1841 to 1843. Commonwealth's attorney of the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1848 to 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in 1850. Circuit judge of the 6th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1856 to 1861. Owned nine enslaved persons in 1860. Served as colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from 1861 to 1862. District attorney of the United States District Court for Kentucky in 1863. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from September 1, 1863, to September 3, 1867. Owned law firm of Bramlette & Van Winkle in partnership with Ephraim L. Van Winkle.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 181A. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Clinton County, District No. 1, p. 335 (p. 2 of 2 on microfilm). Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Adair County, The Town of Columbia 1st Division, p. 13 (p. 2 of 3 on microfilm). Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 83B. Ross A. Webb, “Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867)” in Lowell H. Harrison, ed., Kentucky’s Governors (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004), 93-97 Lowell H. Harrison, "Bramlette, Thomas Elliott" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 112-13. Noah N. Johnson (Webster County, KY, farmer and sheriff) N00008283 1819? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff. Kentucky native. Married to Eveline Johnson. Father of Joel M. Johnson, John W. Johnson, James R. Johnson, Sarah F. Johnson, Mary K. Johnson, Noah N. Johnson, and Thomas E. Johnson. Commissioner and first sheriff of Webster County, Kentucky. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Political: William W. Gentry (Webster Co., KY, JP & Farmer) Political: William M. Cox (Webster Co. KY, constable) Political: Julius Augustus Jackson (Webster County, Kentucky, Farmer.) Political: Josiah N. Rice (Webster County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Pinkney C. Maxwell (Webster Co., KY, resident ) Political: Spencer Herrick (Webster Co., KY, farmer, private in Sypert's Reg KY Cav CSA ) Political: Yancy W. Brooks (Webster Co., KY, farmer) Political: Marion C. Doris (Webster Co., KY, Circuit Co. Clerk, merchant) Political: Charles W. Cook (Webster Co, ky, farmer, judge,(attorney later)) Political: Russell Knight Thornberry (Webster Co., KY, farmer) Political: William Sammons (Webster Co, KY, farmer & justice of the peace) Political: Hiram H. Smith (Webster Co., Ky, farmer and state rep) Political: Isaac Baker (Webster Co, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Philip D. Clayton (Webster County, KY, dep sheriff, county court clerk, census enumerator, and attorney) Political: John A. Brooks (Hopkins + Webster Co. clerk, notary public + attorney ) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 91. Minerva Bone Bassett, Some Webster County, Kentucky Families: Baker, Bassett, Givens, Johnson, Payne, Price, Rice, and Others (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1983), 76. "An Act to Establish the County of Webster," Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort, Ky.: J. B. Major, State Printer, 1860), 76. Hiram H. Smith (Webster Co., Ky, farmer and state rep) N00008284 1807? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and politician. Kentucky native. Father of Ben F. Smith, Rachael D. Smith, Charles Smith, John Smith, and Willie Smith. Married to Elizabeth Von Nichols Rice Smith in Hopkins County on April 22, 1856. Stepfather of Laban M. Rice and Nannie Rice. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hopkins County in 1840. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Hopkins County from 1859 to 1861. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860. Household owned an additional nine enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Social: James P. McGoodwin (Caldwell County, Kentucky, attorney) Social: William Wadlington, Sr. (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Social: Joseph Fuquay (Hopkins County, Kentucky, merchant and farmer) Social: George Washington Noel (Hopkins County, Kentucky, physician and postmaster) Legal: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Legal: Milton A. Cartwright (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 540. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 482A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, Dixon, Subdivision 166, p. 8. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Film # 994039: Hopkins County Marriages, 1856, p. 12 of 61 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com). Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins, Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Covington, KY: Collins & Co., 1874), 182. W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, 8th ed. (Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company, 1888), 753-56. "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, August 19, 1840 - February 18, 1841" (1840). Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 22. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kystatejournals/22 "Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, December 5, 1859 - March 5, 1860" (1859). Journals of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 39.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kystatejournals/39 William Sammons (Webster Co, KY, farmer & justice of the peace) N00008285 1806-02-28 1870-04-10 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. and justice of the peace Virginia native. Married to Priscilla B. Talbot Sammons. Father of William G. Sammons, Jane Sammons, James Sammons, Julia Sammons, Malvenia Sammons, Emma Sammons, and Samuel M. Sammons. Farmer in Henderson County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Webster County in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 337B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 61. Cynthia E. Snider, Bateman, Grayson, Boyett, Carter, and Cole Families and their Kin as they Marked the Way (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Malloy Lithographing, Inc., 1995), 84. "William Sammons (1806-1897)," Find A Grave, Memorial #141850962, accessed August 23, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141850962. KYR-0001-004-0137. Russell Knight Thornberry (Webster Co., KY, farmer) N00008286 1809-02-02 1900-06-24 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Emeline Poole Thornberry. Father of Mary E. Thornberry, Ann E. Thornberry, Matilda Nancy Thornberry, George W. Thornberry, Samuel Thornberry, Elizabeth Thornberry, William Thornberry, Marion Thornberry, Andrew J. Thornberry, and Susan R. Thornberry. Farmer in Henderson County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Assessed taxes for slaughtering hogs in Webster County in 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 2, p. 329B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 522-23. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866, NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 2. Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #26156. "Russell Knight Thornberry (1809-1900)," Find A Grave, Memorial #86691957, accessed August 23, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86691957. Grant Green (Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, Kentucky Secretary of State, and Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts) N00000466 1826-02-03 1898-07-06 Categories: People

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, attorney, politician, and auditor. Henderson County, Kentucky, native. Son of John Green and Martha Dixon Green. Married to Catharine "Kitty" Smith Overton Green in Frankfort, Kentucky, on February 28, 1855. Father of Henry D. Green, Eliza O. Green, and Grant Green, Jr. Deputy Sheriff of Henderson County, Kentucky, from 1848 to 1851. Clerk in Henderson County in 1850. Household owned eighteen enslaved persons in Henderson County in 1850. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Henderson County from 1851 to 1852. Attorney in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned eight enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860. Auditor of public accounts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1860 to 1865.

Relationships Social: Thomas Edwin Moore (Pendleton County, Kentucky, clerk and captain 4th KY Cav CSA) Political: John H. McBrayer (Anderson County, Kentucky, farmer and sheriff) Economic: Noah N. Johnson (Webster County, KY, farmer and sheriff) Political: Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky Legal: Franklin Circuit Court Political: William M. Northrip (Russell Co, Ky, farmer and captain (U.S.A.)) Political: Jacob A. Williams (Russell County attorney ) Political: Joseph Elzie Hays (Russell County, Kentucky, attorney and slaveholder. ) Political: William Reynolds (Resident of Mount Vernon, Kentucky) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: John Cummins (sheriff, rockcastle county) Political: James Henry Garrard (Franklin County, Kentucky, salt maker and Kentucky state treasurer) Political: Thomas Bell Monroe, Jr. (Frankfort, KY, sec state Aug 30, 1859-Oct 1, 1861attorney, politician, CSA major)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Henderson, District 1, p. 280A-B. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, District 1. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 238. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, District 1, p. 488B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 96B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Franklin County, KY, July 1863, p. 5. "Grant Green Dead," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), July 7, 1898, p. 9. “Grant Green (1826-1898),” Find A Grave, Memorial 63467817, accessed May 24, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63467817. Charles W. Cook (Webster Co, ky, farmer, judge,(attorney later)) N00008287 1833? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and postmaster. Kentucky native. Son of Elizabeth Cook. Married to Virginia Cook. Father of Jesse S. Cook and John S. Cook. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Postmaster of Clyde in Hopkins County from November 8, 1859, to June 20, 1860. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. County judge in Webster County in 1863.

Relationships Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 428B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 548. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, Dixon, Subdivision 166, p. 200B. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p. 11. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Hopkins County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 100. KYR-0001-004-0137. Marion C. Doris (Webster Co., KY, Circuit Co. Clerk, merchant) N00008288 1827? 1869-09 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, postmaster, and court clerk. Tennessee native. Married Sarah E. Doris. Father of Virginia C. Doris, Margaret A. Doris, Mary F. Doris, Emily A. Doris, Henry A. Doris, and George A. Doris. Postmaster in Providence, Kentucky, from December 9, 1854, to August 26, 1863. Merchant in Webster County in 1860. Owned two enslaved individuals in Webster County in 1860. Clerk of the Webster County Court and the Webster Circuit Court in Dixon from 1863 to 1865.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 2, p. 114B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 129. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 484B. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 2, Subdivision 166, p. 1505. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Webster County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 100. "Marion C. Doris (1827-1869)," Find A Grave, Memorial #173320873, accessed November 5, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173320873. KYR-0001-004-0137. Philip D. Clayton (Webster County, KY, dep sheriff, county court clerk, census enumerator, and attorney) N00001062 1811-12-25 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, deputy sheriff, court clerk, and attorney. Person County, North Carolina, native. Son of Richard Clayton and Nancy Day Clayton. Married to Nancy E. Cox Clayton in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on August 22, 1839. Father of William Clayton. Farmer from 1829 to 1852. Merchant in Vanderburgh from 1852 to 1857. Deputy sheriff of Webster County in 1859. United States census enumerator in Webster County in 1860. Clerk of the Webster County Court from 1860 to 1862. Admitted to the bar in 1862.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, Dixon, Subdivision 166, p. 202A. J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State (Louisville: Battey Publishing, 1885), 1028-29. John A. Brooks (Hopkins + Webster Co. clerk, notary public + attorney ) N00001060 1837? Categories: People

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, clerk, notary public, and attorney. Kentucky native. Son of Nathaniel M. Brooks and Virginia Brooks. Married to Nannie A. Rice in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1861. Student in Hopkins County in 1850. Clerk in Hopkins County in 1860. Notary public in Webster County in 1861. Attorney in Dixon in 1865.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 113B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 692. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hopkins County Marriages, Film #000568132, p. 42. U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918, Kentucky, 1865, Collection District 1, Division 12, p. 19. Journal of the Adjourned Session of 1865-6, of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (Frankfort, Ky.: John H. Harney, Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1867), 201-02. KYR-0001-017-0062. Yancy W. Brooks (Webster Co., KY, farmer) N00008289 1833 1898 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. North Carolina native. Son of Wilie Brooks and Nancy Brooks. Married to Sara Brooks. Father of David T. Brooks, Cattie Brooks, and Jennie Brooks. Resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 129A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 154. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 224B-225A. "Yancy W. Brooks (1833-1898)," Find A Grave, Memorial #52005340, accessed August 22, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52005340. Spencer Herrick (Webster Co., KY, farmer, private in Sypert's Reg KY Cav CSA ) N00008290 1830? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. New York native. Married to Martha Kuykendall Herrick in Webster County, Kentucky, on March 18, 1863. Father of Nathaniel Herrick and Mary J. Herrick. Farmer in Webster County, Kentucky, in 1863. Served as a private in Leonidas A. Sypert's 12th Regiment of Kentucky Cavalry (C.S.A.). Captured in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on August 22, 1864. Imprisoned at Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky, and Camp Douglas, Illinois, from December 14, 1864, to May 13, 1865.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 5, Subdivision 166, p. 16. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0136. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p. 10. Pinkney C. Maxwell (Webster Co., KY, resident ) N00008291 1815? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, and Putnam County, Tennessee, resident. Tennessee native. Married to Celia Jane Maxwell. Father of Calvin Maxwell, Mary E. Maxwell, Lewis M. Maxwell, John W. Maxwell, Granville Maxwell, Russell Maxwell, Tabitha Artemisa Maxwell, and William Maxwell. Peddler in Jackson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Putnam County in 1860. Resident of Webster County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Jackson County, District 12, p. 260B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Tennessee, Putnam County, District 7, p. 46. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 4, p. 228A. Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, Putnam County Death Certificates, File #49-05870. KYR-0001-004-0137. Josiah N. Rice (Webster Co., KY, farmer) N00008292 1835? Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth C. Rice. Father of Mary M. Rice and Jimmy T. Rice. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Legal: Webster Circuit Court

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 83-84. Julius Augustus Jackson (Webster County, Kentucky, Farmer.) N00008293 1829-09-23 1906-02-09 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Hopkins County, Kentucky, native. Son of Charles King Jackson and Jane Dumville Jackson. Married to Nancy R. Cox Jackson in Hopkins County, Kentucky, on March 29, 1854. Father of Charles Jackson, David F. Jackson, Boyd Jackson, and John Jackson. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Employed Ferdinand Jackson as a farmer in Webster County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Mary A. J. Cartwright Wadlington (Princeton, Kentucky, governess)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 133B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 470. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 430A. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, District 3, p. 209A. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Hopkins County Marriages, Film #007719745. "Julius Augustus Jackson (1829-1906)," Find A Grave, Memorial #98476322, accessed April 25, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98476322. Isaac Baker (Webster Co, Kentucky, farmer) N00001063 1807-02-05 1876-11-09 Categories: People

Hopkins County and Webster County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary A. Price Baker. Father of Thomas Jefferson Baker, Mary Frances Baker, John Calvin Baker, James Irvine Baker, David Lafayette Baker, Lucy Helen Baker, Isaac Newton Baker, Rufus King Baker, and William Kearney Baker. Farmer in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862) Legal: Webster Circuit Court

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 82. Minerva Bone Bassett, Some Webster County, Kentucky Families: Baker, Bassett, Givens, Johnson, Payne, Price, Rice, and Others (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1983), 8-10. William M. Cox (Webster Co. KY, constable) N00008294 1843-07-24 1895-07-04 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, constable. Missouri native. Son of Temperance B. Cox. Married to Mary E Cargile Cox. Student in St. Clair County, Missouri, in 1850. Student in St. Clair County in 1860. Constable in Webster County, Kentucky, in 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Clair County, District 79, p. 118B. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Missouri, St. Clair County, Osceola, p. 888. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Nebo Precinct 4, p.3. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p.12. "William McFarlin Cox (1843-1895)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74824870, accessed November 8, 2021, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74824870. William W. Gentry (Webster Co., KY, JP & Farmer) N00008295 1818-03-10 1878-12-29 Categories: People

Webster County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. North Carolina native. Married to Martha Gentry. Father of James A. Gentry, Moses J. Gentry, William H. Gentry, Yancey W. Gentry, Elean Gentry, Albert J. Gentry, and John W. Gentry. Farmer in Person County, North Carolina, in 1850. Farmer in Webster County in 1860. Farmer in Webster County in 1863. Justice of the peace in Webster County in 1863. Master freemason at Carlow Lodge No. 314 in Webster County.

Relationships Social: Thomas B. Wadlington (Caldwell County, Kentucky, farmer) Political: Beriah Magoffin (Governor of Kentucky 1859-1862)

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, North Carolina, Person County, p. 475A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Webster County, p. 138. Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Webster County, KY, June 1863, p. 8. Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, at a Grand Annual Communication, in the City of Louisville, (Frankfort, KY: Frankfort Commonwealth, Printer, 1867), 323. "William W. Gentry (1818-1878)," Find A Grave, Memorial #74824870, accessed August 18, 2017, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74824870. KYR-0001-004-0137. Dixon, Kentucky P00002311 Categories: Places

Seat of Webster County, Kentucky.

37.5178, -87.6903 "Dixon, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed September 6, 2019, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1987). p. 83. Webster County, Kentucky P00002312 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Dixon. Located on the Green River.

37.5178, -87.6903 James Duane Bolin, "Webster County" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber, (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 939-40. "Dixon, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/, accessed September 6, 2019. Henderson County, Kentucky P00002891 Categories: Places

County in western Kentucky. Seat at Henderson. Located on the Ohio River.

37.8362, -87.59 "Henderson, Kentucky," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed February 26, 2020, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/. "Henderson County," The Kentucky Encyclopedia, ed. John E. Kleber (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 424. Robert M. Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1984), 137-38. Commonwealth of Kentucky O001025 1792 Categories: Organizations

Administrative body of the state of Kentucky. Capital at Frankfort, Kentucky. Governor(s): Beriah Magoffin (1859-1862), James F. Robinson (1862-1863), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-1867).

Paul Blanchard, "Office of Governor" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 380. Malcolm E. Jewell, "General Assembly" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 366. Paul J. Weber, "Court System" in The Kentucky Encyclopedia, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1992), 233. Webster Circuit Court O00000588 Categories: Organizations

Located in the 14th Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Judge(s): William P. Fowler. Commonwealth’s Attorney(s): Lloyd M. Lowe, John Barrett, and Benjamin P. Cissell. Clerk(s): B. D. Winstead, Hiram H. Smith, and Marion C. Doris.

Relationships Political: Marion C. Doris (Webster Co., KY, Circuit Co. Clerk, merchant)

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1861, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: Jno. B. Major, State Printer, 1862), 303-08. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12. Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50. Dixon, Webster County, Kentucky 1863-10-19 Petition English Version 1 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 2 of page "1": Changes to page transcript. Version 0 of page "1": Empty transcript -- probably initial upload of page facsimile.

Dixon Ky Oct 19th 1863 To his Excellency T E Bramlett Governor of Kentucky

We the undersigned citizens of Webster County would respectfully represent to your excellency that on the 31st day of August 1863 an execution issued against N N Johnson late Sheriff of Webster County for the sum of $3348.01/100 amount of revenue due for the year 1861 with interest and the sum of $669.60 damages, & Eight & 5/100 dollars costs Upon this execution Mr Johnson has paid the sum of $3129.10/100 which you will perceive is nearly the amount of revenue due for that year, ^Oct 17th 1863^ the balance having been paid during the year 1862, ^except $873 00/100 the sheriff of Henderson county^. Now in view of the difficulties under which we know Mr Johnson laboured in the collection of the revenue for that year, we would respectfully ask your Excellency to remit the aforesaid damages or so much thereof as by law you are authorized to do

H H Smith. Master C. M. R Wm Sammons J P W C

R. K. Thornberry

The principal interest & costs have not been paid in this case, and the damages therefore cannot be remitted

Grant Green Audr C W Cook County Judge M. C. Doris Circuit& County Clerk P D Clayton Big Lawyer Jno A Brooks Y. W. Brooks S, Herrick

Pinkney Maxwell Josiah N Rice

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